Rattlesnakes By Mail

ChatGPT-User

OpenAI fetcher, purpose: user_fetch.

The ChatGPT-User record on Rattlesnakes By Mail is the full published file on ChatGPT-User, a fetcher from OpenAI. Each fact on the ChatGPT-User record is a dated claim with a verbatim quote from OpenAI, a source URL, a verification method and a confidence. Sections run in a fixed order: Identity, Claims, Observations, Changes, Questions, Notes.

Identity

vendor
OpenAI
kind
fetcher
purpose
user_fetch
ua_token
ChatGPT-User
robots_token
ChatGPT-User
ip_list_url
https://openai.com/chatgpt-user.json
docs_url
https://platform.openai.com/docs/bots
status
active

Fetches a page only when a ChatGPT or Custom GPT user directs it to that URL. Vendor documentation states robots.txt rules may not apply to this fetcher.

Claims

FieldValueMethodConfidence
cites_sourcesnot_documentedvendor_docn/a
honours_crawl_delaynot_documentedvendor_docn/a
publishes_ip_listyesvendor_dochigh
purpose_documenteduser_fetchvendor_dochigh
reads_llms_txtnot_documentedvendor_docn/a
respects_robots_txtpartialvendor_dochigh
separate_search_and_training_tokensnot_documentedvendor_docmedium
user_agent_string_fullMozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; ChatGPT-User/1.0; +https://openai.com/botvendor_dochigh
verifiable_by_rdnsnot_documentedvendor_docn/a

Observations

requests, last 30 days
5
verified requests, last 30 days
5
verified share, last 30 days
100%
daily rows recorded
2

Changes

DateClaimKindOld valueNew value
2026-09-13respects_robots_txtnewpartial
2026-09-13honours_crawl_delaynewnot_documented
2026-09-13publishes_ip_listnewyes
2026-09-13verifiable_by_rdnsnewnot_documented
2026-09-13purpose_documentednewuser_fetch
2026-09-13separate_search_and_training_tokensnewnot_documented
2026-09-13cites_sourcesnewnot_documented
2026-09-13reads_llms_txtnewnot_documented
2026-09-13user_agent_string_fullnewMozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko); compatible; ChatGPT-User/1.0; +https://openai.com/bot

Questions

QuestionCountLast seen
Will a compliant, named AI crawler always avoid URLs disallowed in robots.txt?22026-09-15

Notes

No published notes for this entity yet.

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